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Christie is unpopular in New Jersey, with more than three-quarters of voters disapproving of how he’s handled the job.

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10 p.m.

Democratic nominee for New Jersey governor Phil Murphy says he’s honored and humbled to be the party’s pick.

The wealthy former Goldman Sachs executive commented on his victory over five other Democrats in the race to succeed unpopular term-limited Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday at a victory speech in Newark.

Murphy is a former Obama administration ambassador to Germany. He poured more than $20 million into the contest and won endorsements from the state’s powerful county political machines.

Guadagno has served as Christie’s top deputy since they were elected in 2009. She defeated three rivals on Tuesday, including Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (chit-ah-REL’-ee). She has stressed her differences with the unpopular term-limited governor.

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9 p.m.

A wealthy former Goldman Sachs executive and Obama administration ambassador has won the Democratic nomination in the race to replace unpopular term-limited Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Phil Murphy defeated five rivals in one of only two statewide races in the country. His victory means he will take on the winner of Tuesday’s Republican primary in November.

Murphy was an ambassador to Germany under Democratic President Barack Obama. He poured more than $20 million into the contest and won endorsements from the state’s powerful county political machines.

He promised to check Republican President Donald Trump if elected and to fully fund the state’s pension system, ramp up education spending and rejoin a regional greenhouse gas alliance.

Murphy survived attacks from top rivals that compared him to former Gov. Jon Corzine (KOHR’-zyn), another one-time Goldman Sachs executive.

Voters also picked their parties’ representatives in nearly two dozen competitive Assembly and state Senate primaries on Tuesday.

All 120 members of the Democrat-controlled Legislature are up in November.

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7:15 p.m.

Voters have begun the process of finding term-limited Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s replacement, with thoughts about Wall Street banks and the Trump administration on their minds.

The winners of Tuesday’s primaries will go on to compete in the Nov. 7 general election. Phil Murphy is the leading Democratic candidate, while Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno (gwah-DAHN’-yoh) is the leading Republican.

Twenty-five-year-old Sharyn Kingston, of Freehold, says she was wary of Murphy’s Goldman Sachs background, but says she voted for him because he’s best suited for the job.

John Parilla is an immigration lawyer from Alpine. He says he voted for Guadagno because he likes the range of experience she brings to the job.

Parilla says he doesn’t see her as a Christie clone but does see similarities between Murphy and former Gov. Jon Corzine.

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3:50 p.m.

The Democratic front-runner in the race to succeed Republican Gov. Chris Christie is disregarding the incumbent’s attacks on him as a fraud.

Phil Murphy told NJ.com (https://bit.ly/2rJjzAg) on Tuesday’s primary day that given the state of New Jersey’s economy he doesn’t have a “whole lot of regard” for Christie’s opinion.

Christie called Murphy a fraud and said last week that he was buying the nomination.

Murphy is a former ambassador under President Barack Obama and one-time Goldman Sachs executive who loaned his campaign $16 million. He’s running as a progressive.

It’s a rainy start as New Jersey voters cast ballots in a primary to whittle down a field of 11 candidates vying for a chance to succeed Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno (gwah-DAH’-noh) chuckled as she was photographed emerging from the voting booth in Monmouth Beach on Tuesday. The gubernatorial candidate told reporters she was “humbled,” and she encouraged her supporters to vote.